Once again, we have more racing photographs taken by Ron Lathrop but this time at the August 4th, 1968 Bryar Trans-Am. As mentioned previously, Ron was a freelance racing photographer dating back to 1963 and did work for Sports Car Graphic, Competition Press, Road & Track, as well as a number of karting magazines and even Rod & Custom. He also was in the U.S Air Force from 1965 - 69 and again from 1972 - 92. These photos are a great reminder of how special the Trans-Am series was back in the glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. Thanks again Ron for sharing these with us!

Tony Adamowicz' 911. It was legal to leave the bumpers per SCCA rules so they left the front on for the aerodynamic benefit butleft off the back one for better cooling purposes and less weight behind the rear axle. Only a few 911s copied this later detail.Photo by Ron Lathrop

Outstanding photos! All of these are fantastic additions, but I really enjoy that Mr. Lathrop took so many detail shots of the various cars and parts.

I forwarded the '68 Shelby team car air box shot and this thread to a fellow who restored one of these cars recently, and he was also very impressed. He wished he'd had the shot a couple years ago when he had to re-make this piece.

Jon, thanks again for posting these... and to Mr. Lathrop for allowing them to be shared amongst the enthusiasts.

You're welcome, Chad. We are very privileged as fans of these cars to be able to view photos like these and I have made it clear to Ron that we are very appreciative. He is pleased as well. What is really neat is that he got around to all parts of the track during the race weekend and took photos everywhere he went. The detail shots are just priceless though. A real treasure.

Great shots of that famous Penske refueling rig. I remember that in 68 my engine guy Brian and I went to Mid-Ohio on a T/A "scouting trip" to see what we might learn in advance of heading to the Glen for our first T/A adventure. That refueling rig was in use that weekend.

We observed one of the Penske camaros on a ramp truck in the pit area and proceeded to snoop around and underneath the car, but were soon spotted by a Penske crew member who chased us off. Wonder what they were trying to hide? Cam't remember if we spotted anything "strange".